How dare Joe Hockey tell people to work for a house, how dare he say such a prepostorous thing.

Work for a living.

How dare someone suggest such a thing.  People shouldn't have to work for a better life.  They should have everything handed to them on a silver platter and have their hand held along the way.  Everyone should be given a house for life when they're born and live in that house forever.  They shouldn't work hard or aspire to more.

I am of course being sarcastic in that last paragraph but felt the need to write about the outrage at Treasurer Joe Hockey telling people that if they want a home they should get a better job or work harder. 

As usual, the left has taken offense to being told to work for a better life.

It makes me sad to think we live in a country where being told to work harder for a better life is frowned upon.  It shows you how much damage Labor did while they were in office.  What happened to working for a better life?  What happened to aspiration?  What happened to the satisfaction you get when you know you worked hard for something and earned it?

Once upon a time it was a sign that you'd done well to be able to buy a home.  It was a sign you'd done well to be able to buy nice things, but Labor's two parliamentary terms took away that mentality and people decided they were entitled to nice things with no work.

If everyone has nice things they lose their value.  Just look at degrees.  Just about everyone these days has some type of university qualification and they're losing their value as a result which is seeing quotas introduced for certain universities and in some cases, like at the University of Sydney degrees are being scrapped.  What happens when everyone has a degree and eventually a PHD?  The answer is, we create another level.

I'm not saying home ownership is easy because it's not but if you scour the markets then it is affordable.  Nobody can expect their first home to be in the suburb they want to live in, so why not invest money while you're working for a few years to get up a deposit and then buy a house in a cheaper location and rent it out or live in a less desirable suburb for a while? 

Some of you will say that home ownership is a right, but it isn't.  Having shelter and a roof over your head is a right.  Owning that roof isn't.  It's time people remembered that, and actually appreciated the value of hard work.

If you want a better life then the simple answer is to increase your income.  Getting your first property has always been tough so if people want to achieve that goal make sacrifices whether it be going without the latest gadget or getting a second job.  It is not up to the government to give million dollar homes to everyone.